Cal Ripken Sr.

NEWPORT NEWS — The former site of South Morrison Elementary School will soon be home to a professional-size sports field for young people. Construction of the field, called TowneBank Athletic Park, begins Wednesday. Mayor McKinley Price and U.S. Rep. Robert C. "Bobby" Scott, D-Newport News, will attend a ground-breaking ceremony at 4 p.m. The Boys and Girls Clubs of the Virginia Peninsula raised funds to build the $1.4 million park, said Steven Kast, the organizaton's president. The city of Newport News donated $300,000 and the Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation donated $200,000, Kast said. The park is scheduled to be completed and open to the public in about four months, Kast...

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